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On 08.03.26, Spalls Hurgenson  <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 08:02:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> said
> this thing:

>> and in Ultima 8 I got as far as the first jump somewhere, before
>> giving up on it.

> Pre- or post-patch version?

I don't know. Doesn't really matter. What I've seen mentioned here in  
the last day or so alone lists all the things that would keep me from  
playing.

I didn't even get into Ultima 6 when I tried, too used to the comfort of  
just clicking words, and that looked like fun.

I tried Ultima Underworld, but am so not compatible with first/third  
person view. I just bump into walls and get lost. :))

> I purchased the game on floppy disk initially, and actually played it
> to its end. It was... not a fun experience, especially the
> dungeoneering. The jumping was bad, but I didn't mind that quite as
> much as the instant-death pits that sometimes appeared beneath you.

Ouch, even more reason to not play it!

> But it was Ultima, so I persevered.

> I played the post-patch version when I got the CD-ROM, and it was...
> well, maybe enjoyable is not the best description, but less
> detestable in design. Although the death-pits were still there, at
> least the jumping was easier.

Hm, I'm no completionist. I dropped books that bored me and I don't look  
back either.

>> Plus, a day only has 24h. :)

> A more compelling argument, as far as I'm concerned. Three hours is a
> lot to spend on a single video... even if you just have it as
> background noise while you do work.

> Then again, it _is_ Ultima.

Not in my world. :P

Even Serpent Isle is on the edge already, lacking the freedom of The  
Black Gate.

I'd rather try to get into Ultima 1, 2, 3,... Or wait for someone to  
make a modern engine that lets me run them like Ultima 7, with comfort!  
:)

Btw, I'm aware of Exult, but so far, every time I looked at it, it made  
the wrong sound effects for example for clicking the red tick to close  
inventory windows, and it didn't remember where I put my character  
windows. So I never got further than checking those two things.

-- 

Mickmane

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hi i'm mercurial fregas <login@craigscode.com> - 2026-03-04 07:37 -0600
  Re: hi i'm mercurial Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-03-04 11:03 -0500
    Re: hi i'm mercurial fregas <login@craigscode.com> - 2026-03-04 17:49 -0600
      Re: hi i'm mercurial Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-03-05 12:15 -0500
        Re: hi i'm mercurial fregas <login@craigscode.com> - 2026-03-05 17:14 -0600
    Re: hi i'm mercurial "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> - 2026-03-07 08:02 +0100
      Re: hi i'm mercurial Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-03-07 10:39 -0500
        Re: hi i'm mercurial "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org> - 2026-03-08 11:30 +0100

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